Category: Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods

8:00 am • This Porcupine trundles through the strawberries surrounded by Pink-striped Oakworm Moths. It is time to start the day and with this lady’s slow pace it is important she gets started early and with a good, sweet, and hearty breakfast. Porcupines make me think of sloths. If we had sloths in the trees…

7:30 am • The Eastern Chipmunk knows she has a busy day ahead of her so she plans accordingly to get an early start. She zips through the underbrush, crinkling and clacking all the dry leaves and twigs together, making a huge racket (forest critters or outside observers might mistake her noisy movements for a…

6:45 am • Beavers are the whole package. They are tough, awesome swimmers, incredible architects, and they are cute as all get-out. They swim so fluidly that they almost seem to be floating, but I suspect it takes a lot of strength to look so graceful. This beaver has been hard at work since yesterday…

6:30 am • Ah, inhale. It is a lovely spring morning. The smell of the dew covered flowers mixes on the breeze and makes the whole world feel new. Even though the air is still cool the warmth of the sun portends a warm day. The American Robins act as the band leaders as they…

Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods opened June 4 with an awesome opening. I  I had so many great conversations, received a whole bunch of kind words, met new people and also saw many old friends🥰 Thank you for coming out! And no worries if you weren’t able to make it – the show will be…